Mortality differences between men and women following first myocardial infarction

JAMA

Volumn 280, Issue 16, 1998, Pages 1405-1409

  Marrugat, Jaume ^a   Sala, Joan ^d   Masiá, Rafel ^d   Pavesi, Marco ^a   Sanz, Ginés ^b   Valle, Vicente ^e   Molina, Lluis ^c   Serés, Lluis ^e   Elosua, Roberto ^a  

^a INST MUNIC D INVESTIGACIO MEDICA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL JOSEP TRUETA   (Spain)

^e HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI GERMANS TRIAS I PUJOL   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; HEPARIN; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LUNG EDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPAIN; SURVIVAL; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

EID: 0032576169     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.280.16.1405     Document Type: Article

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